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Board rejects Boone Behavioral Health conditional-use permit after church members say application lacked owner authorization
Summary
Rankin County supervisors rejected a conditional-use permit for a counseling program at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church after church members told the board the congregation did not approve the application.
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors voted to reject a conditional-use permit application for a proposed counseling and psychosocial rehabilitation program called New Life Counseling at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, citing disputed property-ownership authorization.
Willie Johnson, chairman of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, told the board the congregation had not been told about the application and opposed hosting the counseling operation next to the church. Murray Carr, a church member,…
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